Cheteshwar Pujara hit a splendid double ton on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against Australia in Hyderabad. The new India No.3 cherished the knock and stated that scoring a ton for India was special and gave him a lot of satisfaction and pleasure.

When India are playing Australia, broken records are never too far away. On a balmy afternoon at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay drove down nostalgic lanes to bring back memories of that epic 376-run partnership between VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid at the Eden Gardens in 2001.

Rahul Dravid has termed Australia's decision to drop Nathan Lyon from the ongoing second Test as a "tactical blunder" and said the visiting captain Michael Clarke must take some responsibility for the off-spinner's axing.

Australian coach, Mickey Arthur has defended the selection of Xavier Doherty in the Australian line-up after the left-arm spinner failed to impress on Day 2 of the second Test against India in Hyderabad.